SNHU offers emergency fund for students affected by shutdown

January 17, 2019

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Southern New Hampshire University has established a $1 million emergency fund for students and employees affected by the partial government shutdown.

New Hampshire Public Radio reports SNHU is offering payments of between $250 and $1,000 to students and employees in “immediate financial crisis.” The money will be available to students who are federal employees not receiving a paycheck because of the shutdown, or students and university employees whose spouses or partners are federal employees not receiving a paycheck.

University President Paul LeBlanc says the payments come from the school’s reserve funds.